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== Dagny Taggart ==

== Dagny Taggart ==

Directive 10-289 went into effect on May 1, 1929. Whether Wesley Mouch ever noticed that the distribution compliance reports from his Deputy Director of Distribution at Rearden Steel suddenly became less than reliable, the novel never makes clear.

Directive 10-289 went into effect on May 1, 1957. Whether Wesley Mouch ever noticed that the distribution compliance reports from his Deputy Director of Distribution at Rearden Steel suddenly became less than reliable, the novel never makes clear.

[[Dagny Taggart]], the sister of James Taggart who served Taggart Transcontinental as its Vice-President of Operations, resigned immediately, or so Mouch gathered. (Jim Taggart never confirmed the resignation officially.) Two weeks later, a major wreck involving the Taggart Comet (the TTRR's flagship coast-to-coast passenger limited train) and an [[United States Army|Army]] ammunition train collapsed the [[Taggart Tunnel]] at a cost of the lives of three hundred passengers (including US [[United States House of Representatives|Representative]] Kip Chalmers), plus nearly every member of the crews of both trains. The day after that disaster, Dagny Taggart called Wesley Mouch at his office and demanded to speak directly to Clem Weatherby. Mouch, not knowing how to judge that request, passed her through. Afterward, Weatherby informed him that Dagny Taggart had now stated her official policy to deal exclusively with Weatherby in all official matters touching the TTRR. Whether Mouch asked Weatherby why Dagny Taggart had taken that position, the novel does not specifically say.

[[Dagny Taggart]], the sister of James Taggart who served Taggart Transcontinental as its Vice-President of Operations, resigned immediately, or so Mouch gathered. (Jim Taggart never confirmed the resignation officially.) Two weeks later, a major wreck involving the Taggart Comet (the TTRR's flagship coast-to-coast passenger limited train) and an [[United States Army|Army]] ammunition train collapsed the [[Taggart Tunnel]] at a cost of the lives of three hundred passengers (including US [[United States House of Representatives|Representative]] Kip Chalmers), plus nearly every member of the crews of both trains. The day after that disaster, Dagny Taggart called Wesley Mouch at his office and demanded to speak directly to Clem Weatherby. Mouch, not knowing how to judge that request, passed her through. Afterward, Weatherby informed him that Dagny Taggart had now stated her official policy to deal exclusively with Weatherby in all official matters touching the TTRR. Whether Mouch asked Weatherby why Dagny Taggart had taken that position, the novel does not specifically say.